Eco-Green Sustainable Landscapes
Imagine a natural resource, one that is so precious that people—or,
for that matter, any living thing—literally can’t live without it. One
that is so coveted that, at times, wars have been fought over it.
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Waterscapes
One of the unfortunate realities of pond ownership is that there are
critters out there that like to dine on one’s fish without the benefit
of a chef’s efforts. Most pond owners quickly realize that they now have
complete ecosystems in their yard.
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Trucks
It’s that time of year again...the time of year where we take a moment and reflect on every contractor’s best friend: their truck. Across the country, landscape contractors invest a lot of time, money and energy into their tools and equipment, and that includes vehicles.
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Power Equipment
The very competitive commercial mower industry just had its equivalent of Detroit’s Auto Show. It’s called GIE+EXPO, and it’s held every October in Louisville, Kentucky. It’s where all the major—and minor— players in the mower game show off their latests-and-greatests, and make important announcements.
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Business Articles
With the current labor shortage in our industry, landscape contractors have had to be creative and find ways to do more with fewer people. For example, the crews responsible for mowing the grass at New Zealand’s Auckland International Airport use a large, one-of-a-kind mower that mows 646,000 square feet of grass per hour.
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Waterscapes
Demi Fortuna's life was exciting even before landing in his
current position as director of product information with Atlantic Water
Gardens. Stony Brook, New York has always been home to
Fortuna. That's where he was raised, went to school, and attended
college. "I don't think people realize how lovely it is here," he says. Fortuna’s mother was an assistant professor at the State University of
New York (SUNY), Stony Brook. She seems to have had a bit of wanderlust.
She loved to travel, and Demi and his younger brother got the chance to
see the world. His mother’s salary as an assistant professor was enough
to cover most of the expenses, but he and his brother helped pay their
own way.
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Controllers
Irrigation equipment companies today have their heads in “the cloud.” And that’s not a criticism. The
same technological explosion that’s affecting all of our electronic
devices is happening to irrigation controllers, too. They’re getting
smarter all the time, adding functionality and gaining ease of use, and
they’re using the cloud to do it.
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Close-Up Profiles
It's all about family. To most of us, it has always been about family. Many of us were fortunate to be born into families that gave us unconditional love, which we later passed along to our own families. Brian Smith was one of those lucky guys. Born into a blue-collar family, his father worked as a mechanic on a road crew, building roads in South Africa, so the family moved quite often.
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Eco-Green Sustainable Landscapes
“IT’S ALIVE! IT’S ALIVE!” THE DOCTOR yells in the classic film, Frankenstein, as
he revives his monster from the dead. Luckily, that’s just fiction.
However, in real life, you can use electricity, too. But hopefully
you’ll use it in a more responsible (and profitable) manner than the
doctor.
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Snow & Ice
Come winter, Sammy Cahn’s classic, “Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it
snow!” will play on every radio from coast to coast. If you’re in the
snow removal business, you might well be singing the same tune. For those in the landscape industry, snow usually means a few months of
unpaid vacation. During that time, those cold and wet winter months can
start to feel pretty dry.
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